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Mechanical HDD Noise

MrRX7
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They make noise whenever the platters are spinning, which is basically while being used in any way.

 

Power saving features can spin down the platters after a prolonged period of being idle, which will cut noise dramatically.

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Do 3.5inch mechanical hdd's only make noise when writing or is it reading too?

Whenever the heads move around a lot, so reading and writing (I'm assuming you're

referring to the clacking noise).

EDIT: Ninja'd. :D

They make noise whenever the platters are spinning, which is basically while being used in any way.

 

Power saving features can spin down the platters after a prolonged period of being idle, which will cut noise dramatically.

If you're just referring to any noise in general, then ^this.

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They're not very loud though, unless your HDD is crappy or dying. 

 

I can hear mine over my system but, I've got everything configured for silence.

Yup. I get annoyed rather easily by PC noise, and even I barely register

modern drives. I did once have a 10k SCSI drive which, being a server disk,

was extremely loud, not just when reading/writing, but just in general disk

spinning mode. It was fast though. :D

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